I began my career in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry as an export sales manager for a European missile manufacturer (now MBDA). It was a somewhat unusual career move for a business school graduate with no engineering background. Today, even fewer graduates have A&D high on their lists when they look for jobs as sales or marketing managers. This is, after all, an industry built by engineers, and its reputation is based primarily on products and the technological innovations that underpin them.

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The restructuring of the Brazilian subsidiary of TAP Maintenance & Engineering (TAP M&E) is reaching its final stage, with the company now focused on improving processes and methods, says TAP M&E’s Deputy Vice President of Operations Brazil, Nelson Vaz. IT, logistics, HR, sales and operations all are on a solid footing and “we are confident that in the short-term TAP M&E Brazil will be a profitable business,” he says. TAP bought the former Varig maintenance and repair provider in 2005 and the company has reported heavy losses since then.